Hartwick Pines State Park - Scenic Drive other trails nearby (tap a dot to open it)
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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 12–25 °C (54–77 °F)
- J-4°-12°54
- F-2°-12°42
- M4°-7°47
- A12°1°72
- M18°7°84
- J23°13°96
- J25°15°89
- A24°15°97
- S20°11°97
- O13°5°93
- N5°-1°73
- D-1°-7°56
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
About 8.6 km (5.3 mi) long, Hartwick Pines State Park - Scenic Drive is a trail in Michigan, United States of America. It lies about 13 km northeast of Grayling. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Apr–Oct.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length
- 8.6 km · 5.3 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- Unknown
- Data from
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- Nearest town
- 13 km NE of Grayling (Crawford County, Michigan) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Michigan
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 44.7618, -84.6368
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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